One of my goals in the past few months has been to read faster. There is so much information out there to be absorbed, so much to learn. I set a goal for myself to read three business books per month. I failed. My solution is to increase my reading speed.
I found this neat little application http://www.spreeder.com which allows you to past text into the interface and set the speed at which it flashes single words or groups of words before you. I started at 240 wpm and a 91% comprehension rate. I’m now reading at 325 wpm! I can still comprehend what I’m reading extremely well.
I use my Google Reader to track all the blogs I’m interested in. I just copy and paste the text into the speed reading application and hit start. I can bang through my reading much faster and I keep upping the speed each day.